Angel Reese Out with Hand Injury for Rose's Unrivaled Semifinal Game vs. Laces

Angel Reese will be sidelined for the Rose's Unrivaled Semifinal game against the Laces due to a hand injury, according to ESPN's Kendra Andrews.

Rose was injured during the Rose's final regular-season game last Monday after grabbing an offensive rebound in the second quarter and getting hit on the wrist. On the following possession, she clutched her wrist after making a shot off the backboard. She started the second half with a wrist strap but exited the game midway through the period.

The 22-year-old spent the last week undergoing evaluations before being ruled out with an injury to the same wrist she injured last year. She had surgery on the wrist in September to repair a small crack in the bone, which cut her rookie season short.

Reese shared a post on social media last September, explaining the procedure, during which a small screw was placed in her wrist to prevent further cracking and confirmed that the surgery was successful.

"Basically, the doctors told me that I could either not get surgery or have surgery. The risk of not having surgery -- I could literally have arthritis at 22 years old. That wasn't an option. The bone could literally crack and completely shatter. Right now, it's like a hairline. ... They're going to put a small screw in it. And I wasn't going for it getting any bigger," Reese said. "Long term, I literally could have not played anymore because this is a very hard place to heal because the blood flow is little to none."

The announcement of Reese's injury comes just hours after Unrivaled revealed she was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year.

Reese averaged 13.1 points and led the league in rebounds, with 12.1 rebounds per game in 14 games for the Rose, who enter Unrivaled's semifinal game on Sunday with an 8-6 record.

Her defense played a key role in leading the Rose to a regular-season finish with the best scoring defense in Unrivaled, allowing only 65.2 points per game on average. Additionally, the 6-foot-3 star recorded eight double-doubles.